AEK Athens F.C. Academy

Main article: AEK (sports club)

AEK Athens Football Club Academy

Full name	AEK Athens Football Club Academy
Founded	1934;91 years ago (1934)
Ground	OPAP Sports Centre
Owner	AEK Athens Football Club
Chairman	Antonis Iliopoulos
General Director	Georgios Georgiadis
Home colours Away colours Third colours

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934, while AEK Athens Football Club have managed them since 1979.

History

Players of AEK's youth academy (1934)

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.

Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.

Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Spyros Pomonis (1961–1973), Giorgos Karafeskos (1963–1974), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionysis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Konstantinos Galanopoulos (2015–2025).

AEK Athens U19 squad

AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Centre in Spata.

P. ^{^} Players with professional contract.

As of 1 July 2025 ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   GRE Vasilios Ioannou — GK   GRE Konstantinos Ioakimidis — GK   GRE Theofanis Papavasiliou [P] — DF   GRE Stavros Psyropoulos — DF   GRE Antonis Arvanitakis — DF   GRE Pavlos Tsaramanidis — DF   GRE Anastasios Loupas — DF   GRE Angelos Ofrydopoulos — DF   GRE Athanasios Filippiadis — DF   GRE Panagiotis Samourgasidis — DF   GRE Alexios Georgiou — DF   GRE Pantelis Martopoulos — DF   GRE Dimitrios Sellas — MF   GRE Alexandros Dani — MF   GRE Leon Al-Nasaseebi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GRE Dionysis Panagiotopoulos — MF   HUN Georgios-Adrian Delaportas — MF   GRE Cooper Andrikopoulos — MF   GRE Nikostratos Zouridakis — MF   GRE Theodosis Prekas — MF   GRE Nikolaos Avrasoglou — FW   GRE Zois Karargyris — FW   GRE Ektoras Tsiaras — FW   GRE Dimitrios Papazisis — FW   GRE Christos Paleologou — FW   GRE Ion Poriazis — FW   GRE Konstantinos Savvidis — FW   GRE Grigoris Raptis — FW   GRE Nikolaos Vlioras — FW   GRE Akylas Zoulias

• AEK Athens U19 Staff
  • Head coach: Vasilios Vouzas
  • Physical trainer: Angelos Konstantopoulos
  • Goalkeeping coach: Spyros Christopoulos

AEK Athens U17 squad

As of 1 July 2025 ^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   GRE Viktoras Moisidis — GK   GRE Giannis Doukas — DF   GRE Stavros Stoumpos — DF   GRE Nikolaos Ligatos — DF   GRE Spyros Tourkochoritis — DF   GRE Konstantinos Terzopoulos

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GRE Konstantinos Savvidis — MF   GRE Vasilios Manos — MF   GRE Sotiris Stergiaropoulos — FW   GRE Stefanos Tsantilas — FW   GRE Ilias Papadimitriou

• AEK Athens U17 Staff
  • Head coach: Aristotelis Schizas
  • Physical trainer: Iason Psarras
  • Goalkeeping coach: Stelios Skyriotis

Notable players

• 
  Players of the academy of AEK in 1934
• 
  Dionysis Chiotis
• 
  Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• 
  Victor Klonaridis

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

• Dionysis Chiotis
• Taxiarchis Fountas
• Konstantinos Galanopoulos
• Lysandros Georgamlis
• Savvas Gentsoglou
• Victor Klonaridis
• Pantelis Konstantinidis
• Kostas Manolas
• Stelios Manolas
• Kleanthis Maropoulos
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• Michalis Pavlis
• Andreas Stamatiadis
• Stelios Skevofilakas
• Panagiotis Tachtsidis
• Tryfon Tzanetis
• Vangelis Vlachos

Personnel

Academies staff

Position	Staff
Management	AEK Athens Football Club
General Director	Georgios Georgiadis
Administrative Director	Nikos Georgeas
Chief Goalkeeping coach	Spyros Christopoulos
Chief Scout	Dimitris Roussos
U19 Head coach	Sofyane Cherfa
U18 Head coach	Theodoros Pallis
U17 Head coach	Aristotelis Schizas
U16 Head coach	Apostolos Tzavellas
U15 Head coach	Stelios Moudanaris
U14 Head coach	Panagiotis Pavlidis
U13 Head coach	Nikos Tzotzios
U12 Head coach	Vasilios Papadimitriou
U10 Head coach	Konstantinos Ladias
Performance analyst	Kyriakos Konstantinidis
Fitness coaches	Angelos Konstantopoulos Georgios Papaleontiou Iason Psaras Angelos Tsenoglou
Goalkeeping coaches	Athanasios Paraschoudis Stelios Skyriotis Georgios Kioupis
Scouts	Christos Kostis Christos Vasilopoulos Vangelis Gavrilis
Doctors	Georgios Dimitriou Andreas Anamorlidis
Physiotherapists	Lefteris Tamvakis Nikos Kalampokas Dionysis Engarchos
Ergophysiologist	Panagiotis Milionis
Secretary	Vasia Papalopoulou
Press Office	Giannis Bilios
Caregivers	Konstantinos Kazianis Konstantinos Makridakis
House keepers	Vaios Toursoun Eleni Toursoun
Travel guide	Georgios Tsoukas

Source:  AEK Athens F.C.

References

1. "U19 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
2. "U17 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

External links

• AEK Academies

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